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...more than 20 billion bbl. of proven reserves, nearly 4% of the world total. Norway alone has proven reserves of about 6 billion bbl., and experts believe that the potential is at least twice that amount. Surprisingly, though, Norway is approaching its new riches with Scandinavian solemnity. Government planners predict that by 1981, oil output will pump more than $2.7 billion in yearly revenues into the Norwegian economy. The inflow, they gloomily believe, may bring more problems-in disruption of other industries and inflation-than benefits...
standards, but vivid memories of Nazi exploitation of the unemployed during the 1930s have made unemployment one of the nation's most sensitive subjects, and the outlook is growing more gloomy every day. Indeed, the government's five top economic advisers predict that unemployment will climb to 1 million or more by January or February; that would be the highest winter jobless total in 17 years. Equally worrisome is inflation, which is currently running at an annual rate...
However, Collier declined to predict how many years it will be before the loan drawn from the Harvard treasury to pay for the cost overrun will be repaid...
...also gained credit for being an able administrator and tactician, not to mention his striking speed-reading ability. Six months ago, Arab leaders tended to dismiss him as a weak and probably transitional figure; today they are not so sure. In Israel, most political observers now predict a long premiership for him-a remarkable accomplishment, considering the many problems he faces and the vulnerability of his original coalition...
Taylor says that "the problem for us is not intolerance, but repressive tolerance." The radical faculty at Harvard is in a tiny minority, and it is difficult to predict that such a small group could have a very substantial impact against the control of education by more orthodox and conservative faculty and a more conservative society in general. The problem for Harvard faculty radicals has been until now a refusal by the rest of the faculty to accept the radical viewpoint. For Taylor, Skocpol and any radical teachers in the future, the problem may be that the University will accept...